Tiger Student-Athletes Shine at PVC Fall Luncheon

Princeton Varsity Club members, Corporate Partners, and members of the Princeton Athletics “Team Around the Team” gathered in-person in Princeton Stadium on the afternoon of Wednesday, October 15th as part of the PVC Fall Coaches Luncheon. This marked the first in-person edition of this luncheon series since February 2020.

Featured fall programs included women’s soccer, women’s volleyball, men’s water polo and football. Following opening remarks from new Ford Family Director of Athletics, John Mack ’00, each featured fall head coach – Sabrina King ’01 (women’s volleyball), Sean Driscoll (women’s soccer), Dusty Litvak (men’s water polo), and Bob Surace ’90 (football) – provided updates on their respective program and 2021 season to-date. Together, these four programs had posted a 40-7-1 combined fall record, good for a winning percentage of 85%, at the time of the luncheon.

Click here for a full photo gallery of the PVC Fall Coaches Luncheon.

Following formal remarks from the featured coaches, four student-athletes representatives (noted below) engaged in a panel conversation, moderated by Associate Director of Athletics for the Princeton Varsity Club and Advancement, Brendan Van Ackeren. The Tiger student-athletes provided behind-the-scenes perspectives into their Princeton student-athlete experiences, ways in which they and their teams effectively navigated the challenges of the past year, and shared examples of how Princeton Athletics has afforded them opportunities to Achieve, Serve and Lead through athletic competition, in the classroom and beyond.

Featured fall student-athletes included:

Cameron Dames ’23 (women’s volleyball | english)
Emma Davis ’22 (women’s soccer | public & international affairs)
Keller Maloney ’23 (men’s water polo | economics)
Jeremiah Tyler ’22 (football | sociology)

Click here for video highlights and to hear from our student-athlete participants.

The luncheon also featured Ben Bograd ’23 (men’s soccer) and Melina Mahood ’23 (women’s volleyball), who were recognized as recipients of the PNC Bank Student-Athlete Achiever Award for the fall season. This awards recognizes achievement across academics, athletics and community service and engagement. Pictured from left to right are Ryan Gates (Client & Community Relations Director at PNC Bank), John Mack ’00 (Ford Family Director of Athletics), Ben Bograd ’23, Jim Barlow ’91 (head coach, men’s soccer), Melina Mahood ’23 and Sabrina King ’01 (head coach, women’s volleyball).

Upcoming Events

06apr7:30 pm8:45 pmJake McCandless '51 PVC Speaker Series: Jeff Ingold '90 & Ted Price '90Open to the entire Princeton community

Event Details

The Princeton community is invited to join us in McCosh 10 on Thursday, April 6th for a conversation with Jeff Ingold ’90 and Ted Price ’90 as part of the Jake McCandless ’51 PVC Speaker Series. Ingold and Price are former Princeton squash teammates who have gone on to very unique careers in the entertainment industry, producing some of the most recognizable television shows and video games in the world.

Jake McCandless ’51 PVC Speaker Series
Conversation with Entertainment Executives Jeff Ingold ’90 & Ted Price ’90

The conversation will be moderated by Ford Family Director of Athletics, John Mack ’00. The speaker series event is free and open to the general public (no advanced registration required). The Jake McCandless ’51 PVC Speaker Series was endowed in the name of J.L. “Jake” McCandless ’51, who coached Princeton to the 1969 Ivy League football championship during the Tigers’ centennial year of football. Click here to learn more about the series and past featured speakers.

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Jeff Ingold ’90, is the President of Bill Lawrence’s Doozer Productions at Warner Bros. Television. He just wrapped production on the third season of the two-time Emmy award winning series Ted Lasso, as well as Shrinking (starring Jason Segel and Harrison Ford) and Bad Monkey (starring Vince Vaughn), both for Apple TV+.

Prior to joining Doozer Productions, Ingold was the longtime comedy head at NBC. After rising through the ranks as a current executive on such hit NBC shows as Just Shoot Me, Will & Grace, and Scrubs, Ingold transitioned to the development team where he oversaw The Office. In 2006, Ingold was promoted to the head of NBC comedy under then President, Kevin Reilly. During the rest of his tenure, which included expanded oversight of Universal Television comedies in addition to NBC, Ingold supervised the critically acclaimed series 30 Rock, Parks & Recreation, And Community. When he left in 2011, Ingold’s title was Executive Vice President, NBC and Universal Comedy Series.

Ingold is a graduate of Princeton University and the USC Marshall School of Business. He currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife and two children.

Ted Price ’90 is President and Founder of Insomniac Games – a videogame developer with over 500 employees located across US and Canada, working remotely and onsite in its bi-coastal offices. In 2019 Insomniac was acquired by Sony Interactive Entertainment.

Since 1994 Insomniac has created high profile game franchises in the console, VR, AR and mobile spaces. Some of its more popular creations include the Spyro the Dragon series, the Ratchet and Clank series, the Resistance: Fall of Man series, Sunset Overdrive and Marvel’s Spider-Man. Upcoming games include Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and Marvel’s Wolverine for the PlayStation 5.

Insomniac’s games have sold over 100 million units worldwide since the company’s inception. Insomniac has also won numerous local, state and national workplace awards for its unique culture.

Price’s responsibilities at Insomniac include directing the company’s strategic planning and helping shape its culture as well as contributing to its projects. Price is also the Vice Chairman of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. He graduated from Princeton University with a B.A. in English.